Senate DFL Capital Investment Lead Sandy Pappas voted in support of a $1.37 billion Capital Investment bill that passed both the Senate and House today after months of negotiations. The bill passed today will finance $1.87 billion in statewide public projects, once… Read More »2020 Bonding Bill Puts People Back to Work
On Friday, September 18, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87. Today, on the day of her memorial at the United States Capitol, the women of the Senate DFL caucus released the following joint… Read More »Senate DFL Women Remember Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Senator Sandy Pappas (DFL-St. Paul) sent a letter (see attached) to Governor Tim Walz today urging him to consider collaborating and working with new partners in the fight against COVID-19. Specifically, the letter urges the Governor to collaborate with Cuba… Read More »Senator Pappas sends letter to Gov. Walz urging collaboration with Cuba
Senator Sandy Pappas wrote the following column in response to the first special session, which ended with much work still left to be done.
State Senator Sandy Pappas (DFL-St. Paul) expressed disappointment in the legislature’s failure to pass a bonding bill this year. Bonding bills fund critical infrastructure projects and state programs that will jumpstart economic recovery and growth.
Senator Sandy Pappas (DFL-St. Paul) released the following statement in response to Senate Republicans’ complete disregard of concerns and ideas from the People of Color and Indigenous people (POCI) caucus in pushing through a reform package that ignores racial inequities and inherent issues present in our criminal justice system.